Tax Foundation Archives - Kansas Policy Institute

Viva la Flat Tax Revolution!0
- Tax & Spending
- November 23, 2022
In their November 2022 Revenue Estimate Report, the Consensus Estimating Group increased their estimate for FY 2023 state general fund receipts by 22.6% compared to April’s estimate, which equates to $9.7 billion total for the fiscal year. At the same time, the actual revenue intake for FY 2022 decreased by 10.6% compared to the estimates
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Older Residents Leave Kansas For Low-Tax States 0
- Tax & Spending
- June 27, 2022
Kansas is seeing a significant outmigration of families and businesses for destinations with more friendly tax climates, and the Adjusted Gross Income loss is even worse. As documented in our 2022 Green Book, U.S. Census data shows that Kansas is the 39th worst in total domestic migration since 2000, with a net loss of 185,509
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High March 2022 Kansas Tax Collection: Time for Tax Relief 0
- Tax & Spending
- April 4, 2022
In March 2022, the state of Kansas took in a total tax revenue of $679.6 million, which was a whopping 13.4% greater than the estimates for this month. This includes a sales tax collection that was 7.0% higher than expected and an income tax collection that was 16.9% higher than expected. The revenue collected for
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Kansas Needs Long-Term Rate Reductions, Not Election Year Rebates 0
- Tax & Spending
- December 30, 2021
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has proposed a $250 tax rebate for every taxpayer in Kansas next year. The $455 million price tag on this policy is proposed to be paid for using an anticipated $2.9 billion tax surplus by June of 2022. While one-time election-year rebates are a form of tax relief, taxpayers are far
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November 2021 Jobs: Slow Pandemic Recovery Continues 0
- Tax & Spending
- December 17, 2021
The November Jobs Report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows Kansas gained 2,400 private-sector jobs. This is a 0.2% increase from last month’s job numbers and is the slowest rate of job growth since June of this year. At the rate of growth that Kansas has experienced since the start of 2021, the state
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People ‘voting with their feet’ cost Kansas $2.9 billion 0
- Tax & Spending
- July 6, 2021
People are continually ‘voting with their feet’ as they leave high tax states like Kansas, and that has taken $2.9 billion of adjusted gross income out of the state over the last seven reported years. Indeed, the rate is increasing as IRS migration data for the years 2013-2019 shows the net loss (In-Migration minus Out-Migration)
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